Non conforming spending

Spent 10,418.32 on catering, ice cream trucks and giveaways

$10,418.32

Amount in this finding

FGrade F · provisionalSalem County

Non conforming spending · Verified · Updated 09/24/2026 · 3 documents

From 09/07/2023 to 11/06/2025 the County paid 10,418.32 from the opioid settlement account for food, entertainment and merchandise. Kona Ice trucks in 2023, 2024 and 2025, two of them described as for Overdose Awareness Day, 2,587.50. An ice cream truck, 450.00. Cupcakes and catering trays, 2,030.75. Breakfast, lunch and linens for the County's 2024 opioid summit, 2,398.99. Wristbands, journals and lanyards, 2,896.09. Five hundred lupus awareness pins, 54.99. Food, entertainment and giveaway merchandise are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no evidence based prevention program using them is documented.